towel

/taʊəl/ noun [C]

Translation

› a soft piece of cloth or paper that you use for drying yourself or for drying something

havlu

a bath/beach towel a paper towel 840

throw in the towel › to stop trying to do something because you do not think you can succeed

pes etmek, vazgeçmek

Their candidate should just throw in the towel and admit defeat.788

→ See also sanitary towel → See also tea towel

(Definition of towel noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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